Russia on Saturday declared counterterrorism measures in the Bryansk region, neighboring Kursk where the fighting with the Ukrainian troops entered its fifth day.
The decision was made by Sergey Voronin, the head of the regional office of the Federal Security Service, its press service noted in a statement.
A video surfaced online showing bodies in burnt-out Russian military trucks in the country’s southwestern Kursk region, the latest sign that Ukraine’s cross-border assault is probing more deeply and inflicting significant damage on Moscow’s troops.
In the video shared by Russian military bloggers and other independent outlets, about a dozen trucks are seen on a road in the village of Oktyabrskoye, about eight kilometers east of the town of Rylsk, appearing to contain dozens of dead bodies.
Some of the trucks are completely burnt out, while others are undamaged but still appear to contain the bodies of military personnel.
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A Russian military blogger says the video shows the aftermath of a Ukrainian strike on Thursday night. This comes three days after Kyiv shifted tactics with a surprise incursion into Russian territory, prompting the Kremlin to declare a “federal scale” state of emergency on Friday in a region that hasn’t faced trouble in more than two years of war.
Moscow is firing back. At least 14 people were killed and 43 injured in a Russian strike on a supermarket in Kostiantynivka, a town in the eastern Donetsk region, local officials said Friday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a rescue operation is on going to rescue people trapped under the rubble.
“Russia will be held accountable for this terror, and we will do our best to ensure that the world continues to stand with Ukraine in supporting our defense and saving the lives of our people,” he wrote on social media.
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